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Brian W.

Senior WordPress Engineer | Backend & API Architecture

I am a senior WordPress engineer specializing in stabilizing, optimizing, and securing complex, high-traffic production environments. I step in when websites are already live, already complicated, and generating revenue—and I ensure they stay that way. I don’t just build features; I solve structural debt. I thrive in high-pressure scenarios where downtime or data loss is not an option. Whether it's a fragmented build left by previous developers or a failing API integration, I diagnose the root cause and implement enterprise-grade solutions. My Core Focus Includes: API & Integration Engineering: Custom REST API development, third-party service syncing, and troubleshooting complex middleware. Infrastructure & Backend Architecture: Database optimization, server-level caching strategies, and cleaning up legacy codebases. Performance Engineering: Drastic improvements to Core Web Vitals and backend execution speed for high-traffic sites. Security & Loss Prevention: Hardening environments against carding attacks, bot traffic, and advanced malware remediation. Mission-Critical Support: Managing complex ecosystems involving membership systems, LMS, and high-volume e-commerce. Many of my clients come to me after a "standard" fix has failed. I provide the technical oversight needed to make systems stable, secure, and scalable. Reliable. Accountable. Clear communication for stakeholders.

🇺🇸Longmont, United States$150/hr100% JSS5.00 (73)Since Nov 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$18k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#290 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#158 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$17k

Last 6 months: $107k

World#392 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#201 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$361k

Billed in all: $372k

World#5,434 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,587 / 62.1k
Per project
$3.3k

$27k in the last 6 months

World#51,049 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,552 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
4
0% fixed100% hourly
World#51,813 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#7,181 / 62.1k
Projects in all
109

Across 113 contracts

30% fixed70% hourly
World#24,771 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,996 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$372k+$17.3k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$350k$360k$370k$380kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: #1 in 1 skill of 11

Rarest: top 0.03% in Microsoft Excel, of 32,523. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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